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Alliance initiative Tamil Nadu. Systemic improvements of working conditions in the textile and clothing industry in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is the center of yarn production, in this region there are about 2,000 spinning mills. Tamil Nadu’s textile industry is often characterised by violations of workers’ fundamental rights along the entire supply chain. For foreign producers and brand companies, it is particularly difficult to influence the lower stages of production, such as spinning mills. There is usually little transparency and there are major challenges in terms of social standards and working conditions: Exploitation through flat-rate contracts, wages below the official minimum wage, excessive overtime, repression of trade unions, lack of freedom of association and gender-based violence pose dangers to local workers. In most cases, there is no lack of relevant laws and regulations, but rather of compliance and enforcement. In addition, the lack of knowledge of workers about their rights and the lack of awareness of violations on the part of management prove to be a problem. The aim of the alliance initiative is the systemic improvement of working conditions in the textile and clothing industry in Tamil Nadu, South India.

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